HOW THE RUSSIANS RETREATED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 6

HOW THE RUSSIANS RETREATED

' STORY OFTHE GREAT RETIREMENT ; MAGNIFICENT CAVALRY CHARGES By Telegraph—Pross A&cociation—Copyrigyi London, July. I.' i , The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd iCor-> respondent states that when the witli« : drawal from Przemysl-towards Lemberg-. began, Russian officers had-hard,work y t -\ to get the troops to.retire. They long-' 1 ed to make a.stand, and whenever tlia artillery; lire slackened they pleaded for \ V a. bayonet charge. In one counter-at-tack on'.the Wisziiia tihey.! flung- •t'Jiein-' 'selves on tlie enemy with such, fierce . ness that 2000 surrendered rather, than face the bayonet rushes. , ' ■After the attacks ou May 8;; md >12 the Austrians. returned raiife solidi blocks of men; also a number 1 ol fresh German regiments . drawn - from ' ■Warsaw, East Prussia; and; the" French and Belgian fronts. All losses were x filled up, and the' pressure never relaxed. Despite, tho. Russians' splenr .did stand they wero -forced to yield to 'Ay, the .Germany who .were vastly superior ' « ► in gun strengths - - ' ;vi-. Corman Attempt to Outflank. '..When the Russians retired .-to the ' Grodek Lakes an attempt to outflank, - .them failed. General \ Mackensen\re-: ; solved on May 14 to try to • get round .on.' the • north." /.The Russians," '.'falling- \ '■£. back from Lubaczow,'.threw .out a cavairy -screen to .protect tlieir -.retreat/ . f.'. and tho cavalry .wer<s ordered.; to ropair Jbreaks made': by the .inemy in tha " lUi ssian., front. northward of Jjubaczow, t .-'Th'e'y! accomplished- this task magiiifi- - cently. .';They.ctarg'ed'overythiiig.stand* -y lng m.'tbeir. way, swept upon batteries, " .leaving -them .without any, gunners, scattered tho infantry, smashed trails 'V ports, mid checked the German advanca : . 1 at a cost of only 200' casualties! < The Russian retreat was saved, but nothing could restrain the'enemy's ad«».: .Vance, and'-the geaieral retreat and ■ abandonment of Lemberg followed. The 'V ! Russians succeeded in > keeping theiis army intact,- and though the. Germans ' gained much, territory-, they' .failed in - their object—tojannihflate the Russians ' in . Galicia.' Nevertheless, the enemy, may soon be able to send a large num.,ib.ee of troops t<> the west.. -